During Hollywood’s award season, movies that are both well-made and uplifting can often go overlooked. However, the 27th Annual Movieguide® Awards Gala will celebrate just such movies on Feb. 8, 2019 at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and will air on Hallmark Channel later in the month.
Community Coffee is the title sponsor of the event, who will award one special young person $10,000 and the Community Superstar Award for their positive contributions to their community.
Dr. Ted Baehr, founder and publisher of Movieguide®, announced the ten movies which will compete for a $25,000 prize for Best Family Movie of the Year, an award supported by a grant from the Ware Foundation.
In addition, the event will honor the Best 2018 Movies for Mature Audiences, the Epiphany Prizes for the Most Inspiring Movie and Television Program, The Faith & Freedom Awards for Movies and Television, and the Grace Awards for Most Inspiring Performance in Movies and Television.
“These movies are not only family-friendly, entertaining and well crafted,” Dr. Baehr said. “They also have strong stories which reveal the good, the true and the beautiful. That’s what the Movieguide Awards are all about.”
At the event, Dr. Baehr will present highlights of Movieguide®’s 2019 Report to the Entertainment Industry, which analyzes all movies from the major and independent studios in regard to their box performance and the movie’s content across thousands of data points. This annual report is a barometer of what kinds of stories and messages deliver the best box office returns.
Here is the list of nominees for the 27th Annual Movieguide® Awards, in alphabetical order:
Best Movies for Families
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
The Grinch
I Can Only Imagine
Incredibles 2
Mary Poppins Returns
Paddington 2
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Peter Rabbit
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Movies for Mature Audiences
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Chappaquiddick
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Little Pink House
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
A Quiet Place
Skyscraper
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
The Grinch
I Can Only Imagine
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Television Program
Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey (Fox Network)
Daredevil: Episode 3.13, “A New Napkin” (Netflix)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher: Part I and Part II (HBO)
Manifest: Pilot Episode (NBC-TV)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Episode 5.22, “The End” (ABC Entertainment)
Medal of Honor: “Hiroshi Hershey Miyamura” (Netflix)
A Shoe Addict’s Christmas (Hallmark Channel)
When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas (Hallmark Channel)
Faith & Freedom Award for Movies
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Chappaquiddick
Incredibles 2
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Little Pink House
Paddington 2
Faith & Freedom Award for Television
Daredevil: Episode 3.13, “A New Napkin”
Manifest: Pilot Episode
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Episode 5.22, “The End”
Medal of Honor: “Hiroshi Hershey Miyamura”
Grace Award Nominees for Movies
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
David A.R. White
I Can Only Imagine
Dennis Quaid
J. Michael Finley
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Jim Caviezel
A, Quiet Place
John Krasinski
Emily Blunt
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Samuel Hunt
Merritt Patterson
Grace Award Nominees for Television
Little Women
Emily Watson
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Episode 5.22, “The End”
Henry Simmons
Chloe Bennet
Daredevil: Episode 3.13, “A New Napkin”
Joanne Whalley
A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
Candace Cameron Bure
Jean Smart
When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas
Lori Loughlin
